Metal Construction News, November 2018

SPECIAL FEATURE MCN BUILDING AND ROOFING AWARDS Metal Buildings The Findley Center Hoover Ala The Center of Community Wellness By Paul Deffenbaugh Editorial Director The Finley Center in Hoover Ala offers exciting opportunities for residents to gather earns the best in Metal Buildings for 2018 Theyre becoming the new malls says Yann Cowart AIA vice president sports architecture at Goodwin Mills Cawood Montgomery Ala Hes referring to large multisport complexes funded by municipalities Theyve become a kind of phenomenon Theyre done for the municipality as an economic driver as well as serving people of the town as a wellness standpoint Theyre used by every age group every day You wouldnt believe the number of people who use the running track Cowart and his team designed the Finley Center at the Hoover Sports Complex Hoover Ala which the judges in this years MCN Building and Roofi ng Award recognized as the best project in the metal buildings category I really admired how it embraced the language of metal buildings says judge Lewis McNeel AIA associate Lake Flato Architects San Antonio But it elevates that system in really elegant ways Its not trying to hide the fact that its a metal building but its also many steps beyond just a pedestrian workhorse metal building James E Theimer AIA LEED AP BD C principal TRILOGY Architecture Redding Calif adds Its obviously a very large building and its very diffi cult to make a large metal building look like anything other than a big shed They really worked hard to try to break up that mass The Finley Center is a 155000 square foot complex with 83000 square feet of continuous space It can be transformed into 11 basketball courts or 17 volleyball courts and seats up to 1800 fans The Irving Texas based MESCO Building Solutions metal building comprises 92120 square feet of the total footprint with an additional 12400 square feet of mezzanine that serves as a quarter mile track Jeff Dixon senior estimator project manager and metal building specialists for Dunn Building Co Birmingham Ala led the construction crew on erecting the building We had 90 days on the building package he says We manned up a crew and worked six days a week One of the biggest challenges besides the pace of construction was coordinating with the construction manager who needed to bring in other trades to get working on parts of the building After we got half the building up Dixon says the crew came in and started doing the track The building was clad with Lewisville Texasbased Metl Span insulated metal panels and features Kalwall Manchester N H translucent panels in the clerestory that fl ood the open spaces with natural light The perimeter spaces of the complex are conventionally framed and house concessions main clubhouse locker rooms and other services Cowart says connecting those elements was one of the challenges the design team faced Youre dealing with a substantial amount of sway he says in referring the metal building which has www metalconstruct ionnews com 28 METAL CONSTRUCTION NEWS November 2018

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